EL NECECER ROJO
(The Red Vanity Case)
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Directed by: Serge Garcia
Written by:Azalea Aguilar
Cinematography: Edson Reyes
Length: 15:00 min
Format: 16mm
Year: 2024
Synopsis:
The filmmaker's mother recalls her own mother and childhood in the 1960s bouncing between Mexico and California. Her mother's small red vanity case becomes a symbol of her independence as a woman and also of her inaccessibility as a maternal figure. Set against a tableau of shots in present day Mexico City, the film becomes an intimate intergenerational portrait about growing up with an unconventional single mother.
Festivals:
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2024
EL NECECER ROJO
(The Red Vanity Case)
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Directed by: Serge Garcia
Written by:Azalea Aguilar
Cinematography: Edson Reyes
Length: 15:00 min
Format: 16mm
Year: 2024
Synopsis:
The filmmaker's mother recalls her own mother and childhood in the 1960s bouncing between Mexico and California. Her mother's small red vanity case becomes a symbol of her independence as a woman and also of her inaccessibility as a maternal figure. Set against a tableau of shots in present day Mexico City, the film becomes an intimate intergenerational portrait about growing up with an unconventional single mother.
Festivals:
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2024
EL NECECER ROJO
(The Red Vanity Case)
DOCUMENTARY SHORT
Directed by: Serge Garcia
Written by:Azalea Aguilar
Cinematography: Edson Reyes
Length: 15:00 min
Format: 16mm
Year: 2024
Synopsis:
The filmmaker's mother recalls her own mother and childhood in the 1960s bouncing between Mexico and California. Her mother's small red vanity case becomes a symbol of her independence as a woman and also of her inaccessibility as a maternal figure. Set against a tableau of shots in present day Mexico City, the film becomes an intimate intergenerational portrait about growing up with an unconventional single mother.
EL NECECER ROJO
(The Red Vanity Case)
DOCUMENTARY SHORT Directed by: Serge Garcia
Written by:Azalea Aguilar
Cinematography: Edson Reyes
Length: 15:00 min
Format: 16mm
Year: 2024
Synopsis:
The filmmaker's mother recalls her own mother and childhood in the 1960s bouncing between Mexico and California. Her mother's small red vanity case becomes a symbol of her independence as a woman and also of her inaccessibility as a maternal figure. Set against a tableau of shots in present day Mexico City, the film becomes an intimate intergenerational portrait about growing up with an unconventional single mother.
Festivals:
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2024
- International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2024
- Doxa Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, 2024
- Doxa Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, 2024
- Doxa Documentary Film Festival, Vancouver, 2024
